Museum of Art Fakes — Attraction in Vienna

I am a lover of both art and crime so what better way to indulge both curiosities than a museum of Fake Art? This museum is absolutely unique and jam packed with information on not only the artist but the theory behind faking art. I especially liked how, for most of the art, they had a picture of the original or at least another piece by the original artist for you to compare the faked art to. Some of those painters really knew their stuff! Not only were they able to reproduce the art with near flawless execution, but were also able to show the wear and tear of time! Brilliance! The cherry on top was how helpful and knowledgeable the staff was. When I informed them I was an english teacher in Hungary and was always looking for some interesting reading information for my kids, they delivered in a fantastic way! I'm excited to start a lesson plan about this obscure but nevertheless intriguing topic!

Thank you for everything! I'll be...

This is what a museum should be - there is very clearly a lot of love and care that went into curating, displaying, and describing this collection of art fakes and forgeries. Not only do you get to see the forgeries themselves, but they are all contextualised with stories about who the forger was, what motivated them, and what impact their works had. I am not a person who usually enjoys art museums, but this museum really made me think about the nature of art and what we consider a "great" artist, because some of the forgeries look indistinguishable from the originals!

It took me less than an hour to go through, so if you have an hour to spare, I would absolutely...

Definitely something different! I find it especially interesting after seeing some of the Originals in viennas other museums. The backstories they provide for the different fakes are very interesting as well. Entry was only 6€ as a student and that was well worth it! You can listen to the guide over your phone if you bring headphones, otherwise you can read it in paper form.

They also have a small book-area where you can sit down and read books about Art-forgery and educate yourself in that area which i found really sweet. Definitely a...